But his co-presenter on Good Morning Britain, Susanna Reid, tweeted her support. She said: “There’s a lot that @piersmorgan and I disagree on. But as someone who knows what a very good presenter he is, I think this is a real shame.”

In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Morgan, a former newspaper editor, said he had agreed to present the awards free “for fun” but that a campaign to have him “banned” had been launched.

He said it criticised his creative credentials and suggested he did not “understand a social movement that values equality and diversity of voice”.

“Apparently, this movement does not extend to tolerating my own diverse voice,” he said.

Mr Morgan wished the nominees luck and said he did not want this “silly noise” to distract from programme makers’ achievements.